just a few pictures

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

[set before the whole attack/lockdown mess thing]

Just a few pictures, they'd said. Zoe had agreed, agreed quite willingly, in fact. She figured that with everything the school had been doing for her lately, the least she could do is volunteer some of her time and skill. Plus, as an added bonus, they'd given Zoe pretty well all the film she could use, so long as she took several photographs of the school. The idea was to get some for various promotional materials, and doing that did hurt Zoe's artistic soul. They had, however, suggested that more artistic shots wouldn't hurt either. Show the school and a good light and all that jazz.

So Zoe ventured into the courtyard, alternating between artistic, natural shots and shots that she thought might be good for brochures. Since she was staying strictly in the school grounds, she didn't even have her usual guardian or what have you. That alone would've been enough to put Zoe into a good mood: throw in the film and the fact that she was actively taking pictures and, well, Zoe was just happy overall. She got a few of the buildings, and then moved on to take snapshots of the various students.

She paused when she saw one in particular, who appeared to be freezing sections of the school. Zoe hemmed and hawed on approaching her, squirming a little and chewing her lip. Finally, she decided to call out, edging closer. "Hello, I, well, I'm Zoe, and I'm taking pictures for the school," wow, that was a lot better than admitting to her normal creepy reasons for doing so. Go figure. "I couldn't help but notice you doing, well, that,' she pointed at the fountain, "so, um, I was, well, wondering if, maybe, you'd mind if I took a few pictures of... you?"

Lilly Rose

[Lilly Rose]

It was a particularly beautiful day on campus so Lilly had decided to take a stroll around the grounds to get some fresh air and clear her mind. She had not been at the school long still and they few people she had met and made friends with so far were currently unavailable to hang out with but she was happy just wandering aimlessly outside anyways. Lilly was wearing a white sun dress with big purple flowers dabbled here and there on it and one of those large hats that you see people wear with it to shade her face from the sun.

She was slightly caught off guard when an adorable looking girl shuffled over to her. This school seemed to have an abundance of adorable people which Lilly was just fine with. A warm smile crossed her lips as Zoe introduced herself. "I'm Lilly, it's nice to meet you Zoe!." She said in a decently strong Irish accent.

She blushed lightly at the indicated fountain. "Ah, yea, that was more on accident then anything but I wouldn't mind you taking a some pictures. People may accuse you of some photoshop shenanigans though cause of the snow though." she said with a small laugh, motioning to the small flurry that seemed to be following her around. "Is there anything specific I need to do? I have never been a part of a photo-shoot before."

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

The accent caught Zoe off-guard. It wasn't as if she didn't expect to hear an accent more or less from her home; she just hadn't managed to so far. Hearing those words from the pretty redhead felt almost like taking a peak home. The girl soon blushed, pointing at the fountain, with Zoe's gaze following. Take some pictures.

"Nobody thinks my photos are photoshopped," said Zoe, sounding a little proud in that regard. They didn't though; there was something about the way Zoe took her photographs that made them seem, well, almost realer. It probably had something to do with what she did to them afterwards. "But it's mostly for the school, really, so, um, it's not like, that," she pointed at the snow, "is going to surprise too many people."

Zoe paused for a moment then, realizing that Lilly was asking her for instructions. Zoe chewed her lip then, shuffling from foot to foot, trying to think. "Well, um, I, well, usually just---take pictures of you doing... whatever it is you do," she offered, gesturing. "So if, well, you wanted to just... do that, that would be... good," Zoe nodded, feeling like that would work, should work, more or less.

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly raised an eyebrow at the cute girls confidence in her picture taking which, Lilly thought, was rather inspiring. She also supposed it was true that in a school full of people who had special abilities seeing someone with a snow flurry following them around probably wouldn't be the strangest thing they have seen. She couldn't help but let out a small laugh at the instructions she received and she gave Zoe a smile. "All right, that sounds good. I will try my darnedest to look pretty for your camera!" she stated resolutely.

Lilly sauntered back towards the fountain at a slow pace to make sure that Zoe would not have a hard time snapping and pictures if she wanted to while she walked. When she got to the fountain she leaned over it slightly to the section of the water that she had yet to freeze. She very lightly dragged her fingers across the water, her fingers sending ripples threw the water which soon froze capturing the ripples before they could disperse. Lilly smiled at that, her other hand holding her hat on her head as she leaned over. "So you are the official school photographer?"

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Okay, Zoe had obviously fooled the girl into thinking that she was actually confident and could handle things. Lilly insisted that she'd try to look pretty, and Zoe was tempted to point out that the girl didn't have to try very hard. She followed Lilly, watching for a moment, waiting for the right position. The camera came up, posed at the ready. Zoe didn't really start shooting, however, until Lilly started moving to the water, dragging her fingers across it. Zoe took a few snaps there, waiting for exact moments, knowing what she wanted, knowing how to frame it, knowing what to focus on. Sometimes Lilly's face, sometimes a full shot, sometimes the water.

The question jerked Zoe's attention away from the shooting, and she blinked, looking over the device at the girl. "Um, not... really?" she said, shuffling her feet. "I, well, I take some pictures and, well, they wanted some, and I needed film, so I kinda offered..." she trailed off, feeling like it was all kind of lame. She straightened her body, lowering her camera, her gloved fingers playing with it.

"We can stop if you want," she said, virtually unable to say otherwise. "If you're not comfortable or anything..."

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly nodded at Zoe's explanation of the situation with the pictures and nodded. "Well that was very kind of you, and that you get some film and get to do what it looks like you really enjoy is a bonus to helping out. You look like you really know what your doing, your not just snapping endless amounts of photo's like I have seen other photographers do. I honestly can't wait to see them." she said with a genuine bright smile.

"No no, I am enjoying myself, I am willing to take pictures as long as you need some. Who wouldn't want an adorable girl taking your pictures? And if there was anything else you needed help with besides a model I would be happy to assist. I don't really have a lot of talents but I wouldn't mind trying to help out if I could. I don't really have anything planned anyways, have not really made to many friends yet to hand out with." She pushed some stray strands of hair out of her face and gave Zoe another smile.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe flushed under Lilly's praises. It was true, for the most part: she knew what she was doing. Hence why she made certain to take time with every shot, framing them as best she could. True, they paid for her film now, and Zoe certainly used her share of it, but there was a thin line between prolific shooting and wasting film. At least her subject seemed to be enjoying herself, which made the whole process that much easier for Zoe.

Wait, did she call her adorable? Zoe flushed at that, hoping that Lilly didn't know about that dreadful nickname. Then again, perhaps Lilly did know that she spoke with the Lesbian Pikachu and that had been precisely the reason for the comment. the latter bit jerked Zoe from herself for a moment, her eyes opening. "You can certainly help me! I could show you some of the work if you'd like or---well, um," she chewed her lip, shifting her feet. "We could... um," she looked away. She didn't really know the girl. What did you do with people you didn't really know?

Photograph them. Okay, she was doing that. Maybe offer... more? "We could take more pictures?" Zoe tried, looking back at Lilly. "Or something?"

[Lilly Rose]

Lilly could not help but laugh lightly at Zoe and her blushing and flushing. She gave the other girl a warm smile, not actually having heard of the dreadful nickname herself as she did not spend a lot of time on the internet or computer at all. Lilly nodded lightly. "I would love to see some of the work, and we can indeed take more pictures after that if it will help." Lilly then had a genius idea and grinned at the other girl. "We should take a few pictures with both of us also. Who wouldn't want to visit a school that had a couple of pretty girls on the pictures for it?"

"I mean, if you have a tripod and if that camera has a timed shot mode thingy, or we can get someone walking by to take the picture if your comfortable with that, though I would understand if you were not comfortable with that as that looks like a very nice camera." she added, leaning forward slightly to look at the camera.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

It did seem as though the other girl wouldn't mind seeing more of Zoe's photographs, which brightened Zoe's mood quite a lot. She still felt a little antsy, but at least she didn't have to worry about that. Of course, the antsy feeling almost immediately latched onto the embarrassment that came from the next comment. Zoe couldn't help but flush as the other girl called her pretty. Zoe had heard such comments before and all, but that didn't mean that they couldn't catch her by surprise from time to time, especially when said by another pretty girl.

Lilly had quickly continued too, listing off methods of actually taking the photos. Zoe ended up shaking her head at the end, mostly wanting to negate the last bit. "I don't actually---I mean, I don't have problems. With standing. In front of a camera,' she ended up practically whispering the last, feeling as though she'd certainly bungle the whole affair. "I mean, I've had my picture taken a few times. I'm just... usually the one doing the taking is all, because I like it. Well, I like it and I'm good at it," she trialed off again, wishing for not the first time that her ability had more to do with turning invisible then paralyzing people by touch.

"Um," she said again, chewing her lip a little, "it, um, the camera, that is, it have a timer function but, um, I don't have a tripod..." well, she did, but it was back at home. Zoe fidgeted again, looking away and wishing that talking to people was just somehow easier than all this.